Wilmington Baptist Association Annual Meeting Arrangements
Arrangements are completed for the Wilmington Baptist Association annual meeting at Wrightsboro Baptist Church on October 28 and 29. The program features sermons, devotional sessions, and multiple addresses on church work and union organization by noted ministers and church leaders. Southeast of Gorzia our troops extended their occupation northward to Sober Ridge with prisoners and arms abandoned by the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Baptist Association
Wrightsboro Baptist Church
the Association
W. B. Rivenbark
C. V. Brooks
J. A. Sullivan
Rev
T. J. Baker
Gorzia
San Pietro
Prebacina
Bank plan links Savannah to Chinese trade and Atlanta exchange
Dr. Clarence Owens, head of the Chinese-American Products Exchange, announced plans for a bank in Atlanta with direct exchange to Hong Kong Shanghai Tiensin and Hankow, shipping Chinese goods to Georgia, a 15 vessel Oriental fleet, and $3,000,000 in bonds guaranteed by the Chinese Republic. Savannah would host the new steamship lines. The bonds pay 6 percent interest with 4 percent sinking fund over 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Atlanta
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Tiensin
Hankow
Georgia
Republic of China
Clarence 3. Owens
Montgomery
Chinese-American Products Exchange Company
Southern Commercial Congress
Chinese Republic
Miss Jesse G Harper to visit in Goldsboro and wedding near Savannah
Miss Jesse G Harper leaves for Goldsboro to visit Miss Emily Jeffreys. Frederick Ernest Hashagen Jr. hosts a stag supper at the Masonic Temple prior to his wedding to Miss Susan Ella Urquhart in Savannah. Hashagen travels with his father and brother George, who is best man. Carrie Hashagen attends the wedding. Attendees include Brownrigg Dewey Thornwell Cotton Smith and others. Mrs. W M Creasy returns from Gastonia after attending the United Daughters of the Confederacy state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Ernest Hashagen, Jr
Masonic Temple
Zack K. Bell
Hashagen
Savannah
Susan Ella Urquhart
George
Carrie Hashagen
Brownrigg H. Dewey
Thornwell Cotton Smith
Lawrence S. Everett
Adrian B. Rhodes
Lewis L. Merrit
John L. Galloway
George Hashagen
William Harris
Norwood Orrell
Herbert O*’Neill
Edward H. Hines
George Hornet
Leon Futrell
Weal Morse
Siegfried Goodman
James B. Lynch
W. M. Creasy
Gastonia
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Durham Barber College seeks four men for course
Wanted at once four young men to take barber's course at Durham Barber College Inc in Durham North Carolina. Positions guaranteed upon completion. References and contact details listed for enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber
Durham Barber College, Inc
Durham
N.C
Stephano Sinking Alleged U-53 Shelling Without Warning
British embassy filed an affidavit by Captain Smith of the Stephano claiming U-53 fired a solid shot from a gun well before warning. Two non Hits followed as the submarine stood about two miles away. The vessel was torpedoed only after passengers and crew were ordered into lifeboats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Smith
Nantucket Shoals
Carranza Decrees Death For Thieves And Interferers
The decree by General Carranza imposes the death penalty on thieves robbers and anyone interfering with Mexican railroad and telegraph lines. Officials report no confirmed defection by officers though Mexico’s economy is desperate with exchange at fifty pesos per dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Department of Justice
Fire destroys cattle stalls at Wayne County Fair Grounds
Goldsboro North Carolina October 14 fire about noon today destroyed thirty to forty cattle stalls at the Wayne County Fair Grounds. The fair had closed and stalls were unoccupied. Authorities suspect a cigarette among feed caused the blaze. Water had to be carried by buckets from nearby roads due to no water connection. In court Recorder B G Empie heard five cases including Norton Jones fined five dollars for assaulting a female and Isabel Croom found not guilty of larceny. Alonzo Brown received a continuance on receiving stolen goods charges. James Betts case continued to next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
Wayne County Fair
B. G. Empie
Norton Jones
Isabell Croom
W. D. Colwell
Alonzo Brown
James Betts
Italians Extend Positions on Carso Front
Southeast of Gorizia the Italian forces have extended their lines on Sober ridge and consolidated recently held positions along the Carso front according to the official statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Gorizia
Rhuben style Union suits and vests sale at Belk-Williams
Belk-Williams Company promotes a clearance of ladies and misses undergarments and infants. The sale features ribbed bleached vests and pants in multiple sizes at 25c to 50c, silk and wool options around 1.50 to 1.98, and infant to misses union suits in assorted materials.
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Wrightsboro Church
Odis B. Hinnant
J. Walton Johnson
J. H. Booth
G. E. Leftwich
L. W. Moore
J. W. Hollis
L. Larkins
C. L. Pridgen
E. L. Weston
Sanna
Chinese-American Exchange Products Co
Jesse G. Harper
Emily Jeffreys
C. L. Wooten
Maude Wooten
Pattie Walker
Atkinson
City
Orton Hotel
P .H. Scott
United States Coast Guard
Stephano
Cleveland
A. D. Brown
Wilson
Cape Fear
Hardware Company
Wayne Fair Grounds
Recorder’s Court
God
Milton
Gtsale Ee Ein Oesste
Belk-Williams Company
To Schuster
A. O. Schuster
North Front Street
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